-Debbie Downer’s turn to grace us with all her tear jerking stories and ripping the fun out of this episode. I hope you’re all ready. He takes her on a private jet back home to Scottsdale so he can show her the Pizza Hut he worked at, where he went to high school, and pictures of him growing up. All this needed was him presenting her with his letterman’s jacket and the date would’ve been complete. Dude, you’re 36. Enough with the trips around the high school that you haven’t attended in 20 years. I can’t imagine she’s impressed by that. At this point you’re half expecting him to whip out his yearbook and show her how cool he was. Or maybe take her dirt biking before he took Becca post show. Or better yet, you know what he should’ve done to give Krystal a glimpse of what his life is like in Scottsdale? Take her to Courtney’s house. He’s surely spent an awful lot of time there. Why not?
-I guess Courtney was preoccupied or whatever, so he took her to his parents place to meet his dad, mom, brother, and sister-in-law. Arie Sr. is really not interested in Krystal since he’s seen his son bring women around for years, none of which stay more than a hot minute. But they chat it up like they care, Krystal has perma smile going and everything is rainbows and unicorns. His brother says he’s always looked up to Arie and that he’s a great big brother. Probably because he scored him some booze when he could. And maybe some girls. I wonder if his parents were the least bit bothered at all by the fact that Krystal visited their house with a frog in her throat. Now, her voice has been a huge topic for two episodes. However, if you saw her IG story last night, she admitted she lost her voice for 3 weeks during filming, and when you listen to her talk now, she definitely doesn’t sound like she did on the show. So she’s not lying when she said she was sick and now I have to take back what I said about wanting to shoot myself listening to that voice. She also made sure you all knew she has a fitness class you can still sign up for online on Jan. 22nd. So subtle.
-The date card arrived, and it’s the last we see of Becca the rest of the episode saying or doing anything. She reads the 15 girls who will be going on the date: Maquel, Marikh, Tia, Valerie, Annaliese, Lauren G., Kendall, Bekah, Jenny, Seinne, Jenna, Caroline, Brittany, Bibiana, and Chelsea. Maybe 5 of the those girls you even recognize by their name at this point from something they’ve said or done. The rest? Just there. Hell, even after tonight, with 18 girls left, plenty still with little to zero screen time and already people are wondering who the hell are some of them? Jenna? Besides her crazy eyebrow game, what’s her deal? Marikh has done nothing. Maquel since her intro video hasn’t had an ITM in two episodes I don’t think. Then again, this is the same pattern they usually do every season. Always focus on certain people early who won’t last but cause drama. We got plenty of that last night. Her name is spelled B-I-B-I-A-N-A.
-Krystal and the Bridesmaid discuss her family life over dinner and she tells him, well, hers kinda sucks. She grew up in a less traditional sense than him. Her parents divorced young, her dad wasn’t a part of her life, her mom was emotionally unavailable, she felt her parents didn’t want her, and she had to care for her little brother. A year and a half ago, her brother called from the hospital, he’d been attacked because he was living on the streets. Obviously a sad story and you don’t wish that upon anyone. But just like it’s ok to be a fan of someone but still be objective about them, it’s ok to feel sorry Krystal and her backstory, but still not be feeling her this episode. There’s just something a bit off. Plenty of you have said she gives off the Britt vibe, which I can see. It’s just, people who are “on” like that ALL. THE. TIME, it can certainly be perceived as insincere. And I think you’re seeing that’s what the other girls are seeing. Krystal gets the rose, and don’t think for a second she feels safe with it.
